Posted on 03/16/2023 7:11:06 PM PDT by simpson96
Former first lady Michelle Obama said her family felt an enhanced sense of responsibility during their time in the White House as the first Black first family in American history.
“It was no accident that the administration was scandal-free. It was no accident that … our children had to show up right in the world. They carried a burden of making sure they weren’t messy, because it wouldn’t have been laughed off. It wouldn’t have been just, ‘Oh, it’s youthful, whatever.’ It would have been some bigger statement about the soul of Black folks,” Obama said in her recently launched “The Light Podcast.”
“So we didn’t underestimate that. But that, that weight is exhausting when you’re carrying that,” she added.
Obama’s comments come as part of her promotion for her third book, “The Light We Carry,” which reflects on how she’s dealt with relationships, self-doubt and anxiety during uncertain times.
The former first lady’s comments echo a common teaching in African American households that one must be twice as good as their White counterparts due to enhanced scrutiny, and underscore her unique experience as the first Black first lady of the US.
Obama said she had to quiet herself “because the mission during those eight years was bigger than just my voice. You know, we were the first.”(snip)
“One small misstep isn’t just a misstep for you, but it’s a misstep for your family, for your community, for your race, for all of humanity because we don’t often get a second chance,” she said.(snip)
“The bar that we had to live under where a tan suit was a scandal, where a fist bump was deemed to be terroristic. Oh, don’t get me started,” she said in the second podcast episode, which featured a conversation with director Tyler Perry.
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Big Mike is a man
Skippy is an effeminate man
They are not a family
Michelle Obama opening her disguising mouth to brag about being hatemongers.
Oh please, will you shut up and go away. You’re almost as bad as Hillary.
Scandal free???? Oh please. Solyndra, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, and his church buddies..oh wait that wasn’t reported.
Stupid Beer Summit, Trayvon could have been his kid...oh wait Michelle can’t have kids. Any pictures of her pregers?
I seem to recall a scandal called Uranium One in which Russia purchased interest in U.S. Uranium reserves.
In another scandal, Pearson Publishing gave the Obama’s a $65 million book deal - the same Pearson Publishing that received a $350 million publishing contract from the Obama administration for worthless Common Core books.
Mr. Kalamata
…don’t forget REGGIE LOVE!…
Huh? Is scandal free? (Fast and Furious was just someone’s fantasy?)
The ape in heels strikes again.
He gave billions in gold and cash to Iran.
The fed audit never did fine the billions that came up missing.
Scandal-free huh Moe
It's too late now, but "barf alert".
I don’t care for their politics but the Obama’s did a beautiful job as First Family - not only for the black community and black children - but for all of us. If you have doubts compare them to the Clintons putting condoms on their WH Christmas tree or Biden sniffing little girls hair. And children? There’s ZERO chance Obama’s daughters will grow up to be like Biden’s children.
Selling his Senate seat.
Running guns to Mexican drug cartels.
Attorney General held in Contempt of Congress.
Bowie Bergdahl.
-PJ
Racist LIAR
Benghazi
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